Collections Management and Originating Communities: Preparing collections for Review

There is a growing field of new museology that explores, investigates, and examines collaborative projects through the perspective of curators, conservators, and originating communities. My graduate thesis project explores the role of an absent perspective, the collections manager, using a collection of kachina tihu and kokkos form the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. A product of this thesis is a guide for collections managers to use when preparing for a tribal review. A short article about this thesis, "Collaborative Museology: The Role of Collections Manager," is published in volume 151 of the Informal Learning Review. 

The Ute Indian Museum as Cultural Sovereignty

At the third annual Center for the Native American an Indigenous Studies Annual Graduate Student Research Showcase I presented The Ute Indian Museum as Cultural Sovereignty. This presentation critically analyzed the recently renovated Ute Indian Museum in Montrose, CO. Using indigenous studies epistemology, I discussed the collaborative process, display techniques, and content of the new exhibit.

Preparing Museum Records for Collaboration at History Colorado